On the run

Date :17th February 2008
Time :8.30 pm to 9ish 10 pm
Weather : Cool
-Alex and I

I was just telling Audrey how i felt like a CID.As i was working on my report just now, at about 8pm, Alex called. I was rather suprised. The phone call went something like this :
Alex : Hey, alicia. Where are you?
me : I am in my room? PGP.
Alex : i heard a frog call.
me : (rather blur) huh? where.
Alex : Near Temasek Life Science centre.

i was so kan jiong i couldnt really remember how the other half of the conversation went.

I gathered my armour for battle (torches, camera and data sheet) and rushed downstairs.Ran and ran, pant and pant. Finally reached S2 area. Then kinda so blur i got lost, Dunno where was i walking. Then out of a sudden Alex appeared.

We then went to that area he heard the sound. Sure enough, we heard the call again. The area is a pretty good area. The vegetation was moderate, with lotsa potted plants, and it was at the edge of a forest. The drains were quite good, looked like it had potential. We tried looking for the frog which called but couldnt spot it. It is this brief, low sounding call which i can remember but cannot identify. (According to the consultation by my mentor, Nigel-the deduction made is that its is the call of a Polypedates leucomystax, the common tree frog @ Four-lined tree frog)

We then went along the ridge, towards Central. Then, at around Research Link, we heard the identical call again. Again, we tried to spot the frog but in vain. A gecko even tried to make us happy by giving us a false alarm. Guess that fellow was too long to look like a frog.But the area was really good and will definitely go there for another frogging session.

After that, we walked towards A*star. Alex, a plantae-and-Geography-pro explained that that the valley-like characteristic of that area made it very waterlogged. Sure enough, there was this badly waterlogged area. There and behold, we found our first Asian toad [Bufo melanostictus] of the night.

We walked towards University Hall, intersecting Ridge View Residence and Central Forum. It was indeed a pleasant night. Thanks Alex.

Tonight- heard 2 frogs + caught a toad


Found a potential area=)
Aliciatan